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PPDS Gains TAA Compliance on Philips Displays
TAA compliance allows Philips professional displays from PPDS
to be selected and used for U.S. government projects.
WHEN AN INTEGRATOR works with a government
agency or department, that integrator
knows there is zero tolerance for failure. The
government delivers essential services - from
providing for the national defense and homeland
security, to ensuring reliable transportation
services and education programs - and
citizens rely on those services. The technical
systems on which those agencies depend
must be reliable and secure, reflecting quality
aligning with their mission-critical applications.
Joining a Select Group
Not every integrator can work for government
clients. Likewise, only a select group of
vendors have achieved the necessary Trade
Agreements Act (TAA) compliance. PPDS, the
exclusive global provider of Philips professional
displays, has now earned that distinct honor.
The company has achieved TAA compliance
status for an evolving line of advanced,
highly versatile, military-grade, secure 4K UHD
digital signage and videowall displays. Those
products are now certified for use by the U.S.
government. The company's efforts to achieve
compliance are part of an ambitious strategy
for continued investment, expansion and
growth in North America. TAA compliance
permits the procurement of Philips professional
displays for federal, state and local government
institution projects and installations.
TAA compliance was created in 1979. It
requires products and goods considered for
governmental use to be manufactured or substantially
transformed in the U.S. or in designated
TAA countries. Products for government
use are available via selected commercial
companies, such as distributors, with Federal
Supply Schedule government contracts.
This announcement means that there will
be significant new business opportunities
for both PPDS and the U.S. government. The
development follows sustained demand
from PPDS' U.S. channel partners. Among
the products that are now fully TAA compliant
and immediately available are the company's
bestselling Philips 4K D-Line digital signage
(50BDL4550D, starting with 50 inches and
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Designed for 24/7 usage, Philips professional displays from PPDS are fully
equipped to meet the ever-evolving current and future mission-critical needs that
government agencies and departments present.
rolling out across screen sizes in coming
months) and Philips X-Line videowall displays
(55BDL2105X, starting with 55 inches and rolling
out across screen sizes in coming months).
PPDS has identified Education, Homeland
Security, Justice, Commerce, Transportation
and Energy as being among the key executive
departments where it can bring positive,
transformative change, working benefits and
energy-efficiency opportunities.
Designed for 24/7 usage, these displays
are fully equipped to meet the ever-evolving
current and future mission-critical needs and
requirements that the government presents.
Those include high-power performance,
reliability and military-grade security.
Seamlessly integrating onto an existing IT
network, the displays can be fully configured
and customized to suit any space -
everything from a vast and creative videowall
in a reception or control room, to innovative
wayfinding displays in corridors, to highly
collaborative and communicative solutions in
offices, meeting rooms and cafeterias.
Additional Philips professional display products
across the PPDS portfolio will be added
in due course. When coupled with solutions
from PPDS' evolving third-party partnerships
(e.g., Crestron, Logitech, Intel), this adds up
to the industry's most complete suite of visual
solutions for the U.S. government. And each
has extensive customization, control, and
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remote- and central-management capabilities.
Franck Racapé, head of global commercial
for PPDS, comments, " [This] announcement
marks a significant step forward for PPDS in
North America and is part of our overall, longterm
strategic global growth ambitions to
exponentially expand Philips professional display
sales. Securing TAA status on our Philips
X- and D-Line products will open doors not
only for us and our reseller partners but for a
multitude of government departments, where
our solutions can bring positive changes and
significant benefits to its teams for smarter and
more efficient working and communications. "
Accelerated 'Hypergrowth' Strategy
There's other big news from PPDS. In North
America, it has now become a fully owned
subsidiary of TPV, the world's largest provider
of LCD displays, as part of the company's
accelerated " hypergrowth " strategy in the U.S.
Government supply will play a key role in this.
PPDS' U.S. head office is located in
Charlotte, N.C., and it offers access to an
unmatched global network of manufacturing
facilities, strengths and resources. Benefits
include priority access to core components
and materials for manufacturing continuity and
end-to-end supply-chain systems, enabling full
control and monitoring of logistics streams
To learn more about PPDS, please visit
PPDS.com.
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